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BJP presents another gift to Jammuites After Sarore, user fee imposed at Lakhanpur for vehicles, locals too not exempted 4/2/2020 12:26:13 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 1: The self proclaimed champions of Jammu cause have presented another gift to Jammuites in the form of new toll plaza at Lakhanpur after the Sarore toll plaza and now the locals of the respective areas have not been exempted for the user fee. When the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) was in opposition, its state leaders had strongly opposed the establishment of tool plaza at Sarore and had staged protest demonstration to uproot the same but when it was in power at Centre its state leaders remained silent, when a new tool plaza was established at Sarore. When the move was squarely opposed in Jammu, the state president of BJP had claimed on record that he had written a letter to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari for lifting of toll plaza. He had also argued that in a Union Territory like Chandigarh, Pondichery, toll plazas were not established as it fall directly under Union rule. “The decision to start collection of toll at Sarore was taken in haste, so the state BJP leadership has written to Union for removal of same”, the state president had said on record ...   READ MORE

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No free luxuries for ex-CMs 4/2/2020 12:26:01 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Apr 1: All former chief ministers of J&K will not get all luxuries which they have been enjoying because Union Government has scrapped a legal provision providing rent-free accommodation and other facilities to ex-CMs. Now all CMs will live like other former ministers and legislators and would not be entitled for privileges and perks. The Centre has repealed section 3-C of the State Legislature Members’ Pension Act, 1984 under which former CMs of J&K were entitled to different privileges and perks. Under the law, former CMs were entitled to rent-free furnished accommodation, expenditure to the limit of Rs 35,000 per annum for furnishing of the residential acc...   READ MORE   Tracing out hiding Tablighi Jamaat activists biggest challenge before authorities 4/2/2020 12:25:55 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Apr 1: Tracing out hiding workers of Tablighi Jamaat is a biggest challenge before the authorities in J&K as these activists are posing serious threat in this region. After national media exposed Nizammuddin case of Delhi, administration of J&K is on its toes to identify and locate all those who have directly and indirectly involved with Jamaat activists who had attended Markaz at Delhi in the second week of March. Credible sources said that authorities have completely sealed many parts of Jammu, Srinagar, Rajouri, Shopian and Budgam districts to track these Jamaat workers but many are still hiding in different areas and are not ready to come forward. Tabli...   READ MORE   ‘Attending religious congregation no sin, hiding travel history a big sin’ Nizamuddin Markaz controversy 4/2/2020 12:25:43 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 1: People who visited Tableeghi Jamaat religious gathering at Nizamuddin Markaz in Delhi in mid March and returned to J&K are being searched for. The Jammu and Kashmir administration has urged the people who attended the religious congregation at Nizamuddin to come forward to get themselves tested to prevent the COVID-19 from spreading into the community. An analyst while talking to Early Times said, “People should understand that if they don’t get themselves tested they will put lives of many others at stake. They have not committed any sin by attending the religious congregation but by hiding their travel history they are committing a sin.” He said, “S...   READ MORE   Adv Rajnesh Oswal to take oath today 4/2/2020 12:25:33 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 1: Advocate Rajnesh Oswal who has been appointed as Judge of the Common High Court for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh vide Notification No. K.13021/01/2020-US.I Dt. 29lh January 2020 issued by the Government of India, Ministry of Law and Justice (Department of Justice), New Delhi, shall be administered oath tomorrow AT 12:30 pm . Advocate Rajnesh is first who took oath as Judge of Common High Court for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union Territory of Ladakh after the creation of J&K & Ladakh as UTs. Advocate Rajnesh Oswal born on 17/6/73 at Jammu. He done his Schooling from DBN and Ranbir High School a...   READ MORE   Contractual employee turns activist, leaks official information on Social Media Circulates letter mentioning names of people who attended religious gathering in Delhi 4/2/2020 12:24:11 AM Early Times Report Kathua, Apr 1: In violation of norms, a contractual employee posted at Mini-Secretariat Kathua has leaked sensitive official letters and communications on social media allegedly to trigger communal tension. Sources revealed to Early Times that the contractual employee, currently posted in Deputy Commissioner’s office is violating the service norms by leaking all official letters and communications, including those that have potential to disturb the law and order situation in the district. “He (employee) runs a page on Facebook and is continuously putting all letters on it,” they said. Sources claimed that recently the employee circulated a letter mentioning names of...   READ MORE   Amidst talk of Corona Virus Tehsildar Budgam orders for cutting of female Russian poplar trees 4/2/2020 12:24:00 AM Jehangir Rashid Early Times Report SRINAGAR, Apr 1: At a time when the spring season is all set to knock the doors in Kashmir the administration in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district has asked the people to cut down the female Russian poplar trees in the district. Over the years the female Russian poplars in the Kashmir valley have been creating problems for the people. The pollen that is emanated by these poplars lead to multiple health related issues for the people living across the length and breadth of the Kashmir valley. Tehsildar Budgam Nusrat Aziz has ordered all the people who have grown Russian poplar trees to cut the trees at the earliest as the same has been ordered by the H...   READ MORE   Covid-19: On ground zero doctors, para-medics, nurses casual labours risking lives 4/2/2020 12:23:52 AM Ishtiyaq Ahmad Early Times Report Srinagar, Apr 1: As the Covid-19 cases show spurt in positive cases, doctors, nurses, para-medics and casual labours continue to risk their lives by serving to the people in one or the other way. Doctors and paramedics, who are directly in contact with the patients with flu and Covid-19 infections admitted in various hospitals, are at high risk of transmitting the disease as they have no personal protection equipment like gowns, N-95 masks, shoe covers, etcs. “Barring a few hosptials in Srinagar, doctors at rest of the hospitals across Kashmir are putting their lives on the line by treating patients with Covid-19 infections without proper protective ge...   READ MORE   ET’s March 21 report vindicated Domicile rights order issued by GoI on mentioned date 4/2/2020 12:23:43 AM EARLY TIMES REPORT JAMMU, Apr 1: The news report titled ‘JK may get Domicile Law by March end’ published in Early Times on March 21 edition got vindicated on Wednesday when the government of India issued an order pertaining to the domicile rights of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. The news report had revealed that the domicile law will ensure protection jobs for the permanent residents of the former state and that the central government has finalized the preparations for the announcement. Seven months after the abrogation of J&K’s special status, the Government of India has notified a law under which jobs up to the lowest level of non-gazetted rank have been reserved for J&K domiciles...   READ MORE   Left home to buy vegetables, youth allegedly ‘implicated’ by Police in fake case 4/2/2020 12:23:14 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 1: Panjtirthi Police today allegedly thrashed a youth along with his mother who was out in locality to buy some essential commodities (ration and vegetables) this morning, however, the Police tried to downplay the matter claiming that the youth was arrested for traffic rules violations, but the youth detained by Police exposed the lie of police in front of media. While police was trying to conceal the intention of keeping the boy along with his mother in custod...   READ MORE   Jammu & Kashmir new domicile rule: 'Person living in UT for 15 Years is Eligible', says Govt 4/2/2020 12:22:42 AM Agencies New Delhi, Apr 1: Any person who has resided in Jammu and Kashmir for a period of 15 years will now be deemed as domicile of the union territory, the Central government stated in the latest gazette notification on Wednesday. Over eight months after the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation the erstwhile state into two union territories, the government has issued new domicile laws for the residents. J&K civil services (decentralisation and recruitment) Act defines a domiciled persons, as the one who has resided for a period of 15 years in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir or has studied for a period of seven years and appeared in class 10 or 12 examination in an educational instit...   READ MORE   House gets partially damaged, many families shifted to safer places in Uri Incessant rains lead to sinking of land, including Mosque 4/2/2020 12:16:37 AM S Tahir-ul Haq Early Times Report BARAMULLA, Apr 1: Continuous rains from past several days have created a panic in Uri area, where few houses and a mosque is said to be at risk, while as one house has got partially damaged in Narwaw area of this north Kashmir district. According to sources that due to incessant rains, land sinking incidents have been witnessed in many border villages of Uri sector that has created panic among the local inhabitants. Six family members of Bandi area includi...   READ MORE   Despite court orders MGNREGA supporting staff failed to get salaries 4/2/2020 12:15:49 AM ASIF IQBAL NAIK Early Times Report JAMMU, Apr 1: Even as more than 10 months have passed but the directions passed by the Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar to Assistant Commissioner Development (ACD) Kishtwar for implementing the court directions in letter and spirit with regard to continuing the services of supporting staff including GRS engaged by DCs/ACDs under MGNREGA have not been adhered till date. The DC had directed to submit the status report by or before 22-6-2019, however, the ACD Kishtwar and the concerned BDOs failed to implement the directions in this regard and even fail to release the salaries of all those employees who had approached the Jammu and Kashmir High Court to rele...   READ MORE   Police caught 3 driver entered J&K violating COVID-19 protocol 4/2/2020 12:15:35 AM Avinash Azad Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 1: Rajouri Police acting swiftly quarantined three private drivers who reportedly entered J&K, violating the standard protocol under COVID-19. “We came to know about their un-authorized in entry into J&K, they overlooking the standard protocol of 14 days mandatory quarantine by government”, a senior Police Officer told Early Times, adding that the offender was nabbed by Sunderbani Police and have been kept in isolation centre in Siot area. “It is very unfortunate that people are risking other lives’ ,despite being aware that CORONA VIRUS can be prevented only, but can’t be cured, it is our common responsibility to defeat it”, the officer said...   READ MORE   Despite DDC Poonch’s permission, Akhnoor police restrict entry of trucks to Jammu for essential commodities 4/2/2020 12:15:29 AM RAJESH TANDON Early Times Report POONCH, Apr 1: Although Government has directed different functionaries to cooperate each other in fighting Coronavirus but it seems that Akhnoor police has not been implementing the same and creating hurdles in smooth supply of essential commodities during lockdown. As per sources, despite requisite permissions from District Administration Poonch, the entry of trucks to Jammu is being restricted by a police chowki in Akhnoor area. Sources said that the Chowki Incharge has been treating the drivers of trucks unprofessionally and not leaving them to Jammu for bringing essential commodities like grocery items during lockdown. In order to maintain the ava...   READ MORE   Lockdown restrictions continue in Rajouri, violators booked Police assists workers, migrants, villages of red zone 4/2/2020 12:14:24 AM Ankit Kessar Early Times Report Rajouri, Apr 1: The lockdown restrictions continued across Rajouri district on Wednesday with police also took action against violators who were found violating the orders of authorities. In its media statement, district police office Rajouri informed that during routine patrolling in Dareri village of Manjakote, team headed by Executive Magistrate Manjakote Mohammad Sageer and SHO Manjakote Manzoor Kohli found a shop open in violation of DMs order after which shop owner Mohammad Ayaz son of Mohammad Hanief resident of Dareri have been booked in a case FIR 48/2020 under relevant sections of law. Similarly, a tipper JK11 8335 was found plying on road in ...   READ MORE

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